S105 - 2021 Appropriations Act. (SL 2021-180)

Overview: Section 7.8 of S.L. 2021-180 requires the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to reclassify certain positions. It also authorizes DPI, after consultation with the Office of State Budget and Management and the Fiscal Research Division, to (i) reorganize DPI, realign fund structures, or both, when necessary to accommodate changes in allowable expenditures of indirect costs associated with the administration of federal grants and (ii) to implement other changes necessary to improve the efficiency of DPI, subject to certain limitations. DPI must report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations, the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee, the Senate Appropriations Committee on Education/Higher Education, the House Appropriations Committee on Education, and the Fiscal Research Division on any reorganization, including any movement of positions and funds between fund codes on a recurring basis.

This section became effective July 1, 2021.